‘Former CJI Chandrachud used to speak a lot during the hearing…’, Whom did former judge Katju hold responsible for the shoe scandal in the Supreme Court?

Former judge Justice Markandey Katju has expressed displeasure over the comments of the judges on the incident of shoe throwing in the Supreme Court. He says that judges should not speak too much during the hearing because by doing so they themselves invite such incidents. He met former Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud was also mentioned and said that he kept speaking during the hearing.

Markandey Katju made a post regarding this incident on the social media platform and also shared one of his articles. In this he has mentioned the hearing of the rape and murder case of RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata. He said that Justice Chandrachud was repeatedly asking questions in the court as to why there was a delay in filing the FIR. He said that there is no need for unnecessary comments. There was no need to comment on Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai’s petition demanding restoration of the idol of Lord Vishnu in the Khajuraho temple. He said that by making these unnecessary and inappropriate comments the CJI himself has invited this incident.

Markandey Katju also spoke on the hearing of the case of Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad of Ashoka University and said that a judge of the hearing bench said that the professor’s post is dog whistling, what was the need for this comment.

Ali Khan Mahmudabad had made a post on social media regarding Operation Sindoor, for which he was accused that his post posed a threat to the sovereignty and integrity of the country. Due to this, FIR was registered against him and on May 18, Haryana Police arrested him. However, he later got bail.

While hearing the bail plea of ​​Ali Khan Mahmudabad, Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant had reprimanded him for the post. During this, he had also said that the things the professor wrote in his post are called dog whistling. He had said, ‘Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, but is this the time to say such things? He said that some terrorists came to the country and attacked our people and went away… we need to be united. Was such cheap popularity needed at such a time?